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Obol

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Issuer Samothrace (Thracian Islands)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 500 BC - 450 BC
Value Obol (⅙)
Currency Drachma poddasza
Composition Srebro
Weight 0.56 g
Diameter 6.5 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
147265
References HGC 6# 307
Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.
, CN type# 19401
Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)

Obverse

Przednia część sfinksa zwrócona w prawo w pierścieniu z koralikówAutomatically translated

Reverse

Czworokątny kwadrat z wcięciemAutomatically translated

Mint

Samothrace, Insula Thraciae, modern-day Island of Samothrace, Greece

Comments

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W. Schwabacher, Kiourpet, 5.

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ND (500 BC - 450 BC)  Photo $ 790

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Obol Picture 2 of the example of Obol
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8473045h
0.43 g (see more)
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Obol
Nomos AG
Auction 33
Lot 1059
Internet Archive
9 Jun 2024 XF USD 457.06
(CHF 360.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan

Picture 1 of a sold Obol
Nomos AG
Auction 26
Lot 213
Internet Archive
21 May 2023 XF USD 4062.71
(CHF 3200.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 505, November-December 1987, 65 and from the Kiourpet (Chora) Hoard of 1930 (IGCH 696)

Picture 1 of a sold Obol
CNG
Auction 106
Lot 79
Internet Archive
13 Sep 2017 XF USD 800.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Obol
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 84
Lot 1465
Internet Archive
20 May 2015 XF USD 730.02
(CHF 575.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Sotheby’s London sale 24 April, 1997, 371 (part of); from the Kiourpet (Chora) Hoard of 1930 (IGCH 696)

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